The rookie’s hit may not have made it into the stands, but it would lead to something way more exciting: a walk-off inside-the-park home run after right fielder Michael Saunders was unsuccessful while trying to jump the wall and catch the ball and center fielder Melvin Upton, Jr. slipped while trying to pick up the ball and throw it into the infield.
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Naquin’s walk-off was just the second inside-the-park home run in franchise history. Upton flung it toward the infield, and Naquin stumbled home and scored with a head-first dive far ahead of second baseman Devon Travis’ relay.
Heath Hembree pitched the eighth and Fernando Abad the ninth for Boston. Osuna blew his third save in 30 chances.
Blue Jays: RHP Marcus Stroman allowed two runs and struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings in his last start against Houston. Not being able to see the field, I – and the group I was with – thought the Indians hit a home run.
George Springer went 4-for-5 with a homer for the Astros, who also got long balls from Evan Gattis and Teoscar Hernandez in ending a five-game losing streak.
With a ninth-inning homer from Jedd Gyorko, the Cardinals tied the Major League Baseball record for consecutive multi-homer games at nine. He also hit Joc Pederson twice with pitches.
Oakland’s Kendall Graveman faced one batter over the minimum while pitching a shutout, leading the Athletics past the Chicago White Sox 9-0.
A pair of singles by Adam Eaton and Jose Abreu marked the only offense for the White Sox. Both were immediately doubled off first on line drives.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter until the sixth inning Friday night, but Adrian Beltre upstaged him in the Texas Rangers’ 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. He has 434 career homers, moving him level on the all-time list with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones.
Reds pitcher Michael Lorenzen hit his first career home run and first three RBIs against the Dodgers in his first game back after his dad passed away.
Tim Adleman pitched into and out of trouble in his first start since May 19 and added his first career hit and runs batted in as the Reds matched their season high with a fourth consecutive win and first against the Dodgers since Aug 13, 2015. After he started the inning getting designated hitter Carlos Santana out, they even said, “alright, start packing things up and leave so you miss the postgame traffic”. He lowered his ERA to 3.25, throwing 100 pitches and not allowing an extra-base hit.
The Colorado Rockies went to the 11th innings to beat the Chicago Cubs 7-6 and the defending champions, the Kansas City Royals, rounded off the night with an 11th-innings 5-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. He limited the Mets to one run on eight hits over seven innings, striking out two.
“I don’t deserve to win that game if I can’t hold a 5-0 lead”, he said.
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With the game tied 5-5, J.T. Realmuto led off the ninth for Miami with a walk off of Neftali Feliz (4-1). Ichiro Suzuki bunted Realmuto to second, and Andino followed with a single to right to push in the winning run.
